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Week of 12.07.09
Monday- *tone and mood in a selection
*complex sentences - These are the sentences that have subordinate conjunctions either at the beginning or middle. If
the subordinate conjunction is at the beginning, the sentence needs a comma between both sentences. The following
is a list of common subordinate conjunctions: assigned grammar pg 19-20
Common subordinating conjunctions:
Beforeeven thoughhowifas if Sinceso that unless until what Whatever when whenever where wherever Whether whichever while whowhose
*students received a secret student to make a gift for, it is due December 18th. Please do not spend more than
$5.00 on making the gift. This is in conjunction with a story "The Gift of the Magi" we read for tone and mood.
Of course, it goes quite well with the holiday season. The purpose is to give from the heart not from the pocket book. Tuesday -
*Prefix post- quiz study the yellow wksht that has all the words on it. postdate (v)to write on something a date that comes after the real date postgraduate (n) a person who takes a college class after he or she has already graduated posthumous (adj)occurring or continuing after death; usually related to a book that is published after the author has died postindustrial (n)the time in society that came after the Industrial Revolution postmark (n)a mark printed across a stamp after it is received by the post office postmeridian(adj)taking place after noon; p.m. postmortem (adj)occurring or done after death; usually related to an examination of the bodyafter it is dead postpone (v)to do something at a time or date that is after its original planned date or time postproduction (n)the editing that is done after the movie, film, video, has been taped prostscript (n)a comment, note, or thought written after the letter is finished; p.s.
These five words do not follow the rule for post- Posterposturepostofficepostulatepostcard:
*More with complex sentences - assigned teacher made wksht Day 2
*tone and mood - reading some poetry with tone and mood id Wednesday- pre- post- prefix be sure to study words from both lists
"Ultimate Field Trip" selection test - students need to review vocabulary words: maze, zone, function, adjustment,
mission, environment, disasters, gravity
Reread selection and go over outline
RASP will be stressed when writing to the reading response
Thursday -
*spelling test and night 4 spelling homework is due today
*weekly test - they can't necessarily study for this test- this is a cold read to test for understanding reading a nonfiction
selection and summarizing it. (we did this by outlining the selection and then summarizing)
Friday - wrap up any reading for tone not finished, begin vocab for next story "Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs" pg 114-115 with meaningful sentence paper format
I will give it a whirl for a second time. If you are using the site, will you please take a moment to type a blurp in the discussion box. Just let me know that you use the site.
Week of 12.07.09
Monday- *tone and mood in a selection
*complex sentences - These are the sentences that have subordinate conjunctions either at the beginning or middle. If
the subordinate conjunction is at the beginning, the sentence needs a comma between both sentences. The following
is a list of common subordinate conjunctions: assigned grammar pg 19-20
Common subordinating conjunctions:
Before even though how if as ifSince so that unless until what
Whatever when whenever where wherever
Whether whichever while who whose
*students received a secret student to make a gift for, it is due December 18th. Please do not spend more than
$5.00 on making the gift. This is in conjunction with a story "The Gift of the Magi" we read for tone and mood.
Of course, it goes quite well with the holiday season. The purpose is to give from the heart not from the pocket book.
Tuesday -
*Prefix post- quiz study the yellow wksht that has all the words on it.
postdate (v) to write on something a date that comes after the real date
postgraduate (n) a person who takes a college class after he or she has already graduated
posthumous (adj) occurring or continuing after death; usually related to a book that is published after the author has died
postindustrial (n) the time in society that came after the Industrial Revolution
postmark (n) a mark printed across a stamp after it is received by the post office
postmeridian(adj) taking place after noon; p.m.
postmortem (adj) occurring or done after death; usually related to an examination of the body after it is dead
postpone (v) to do something at a time or date that is after its original planned date or time
postproduction (n) the editing that is done after the movie, film, video, has been taped
prostscript (n) a comment, note, or thought written after the letter is finished; p.s.
These five words do not follow the rule for post-
Poster posture postoffice postulate postcard :
*More with complex sentences - assigned teacher made wksht Day 2
*tone and mood - reading some poetry with tone and mood id
Wednesday- pre- post- prefix be sure to study words from both lists
"Ultimate Field Trip" selection test - students need to review vocabulary words: maze, zone, function, adjustment,
mission, environment, disasters, gravity
Reread selection and go over outline
RASP will be stressed when writing to the reading response
Thursday -
*spelling test and night 4 spelling homework is due today
*weekly test - they can't necessarily study for this test- this is a cold read to test for understanding reading a nonfiction
selection and summarizing it. (we did this by outlining the selection and then summarizing)
Friday - wrap up any reading for tone not finished, begin vocab for next story "Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs" pg 114-115 with meaningful sentence paper format